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1996 NBA Draft
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1996 NBA DRAFT
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Kobe Bryant Joins The Los Angeles Lakers
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Kobe Bryant Joins The Los Angeles Lakers
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Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan
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Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal
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Slam Dunk Contest
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Kobe Bryant Dunks
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Kobe Bryant Vs. Michael Jordan
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Lakers vs Bulls
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Bryant drives in for a slam dunk
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Los Angeles Lakers
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Kobe Bryant Classics
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Bryant Dunks v Nets.
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2000 NBA Finals
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2000 NBA Finals Game 6: Indiana Pacers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
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Kobe Bryant (L) of the Los Angeles Lakers holds th
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Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant
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2001 NBA Champions
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2001 NBA Champions
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2002 NBA Finals
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Kobe Bryant Dunks
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Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant (L), Rick Fox (2nd
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Kobe Bryant reads the headlines
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Lakers Victory Parade
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Lakers Victory Parade
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Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson
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Kobe Bryant Charged With Felony Sexual Assault
This photo released 11 July 2003, by the Office of the Sheriff of Eagle County in Colorado shows Los Angeles Lakers basquetball player Kobe Bryant taken on July 4th 2003 as he is booked on charges of felony sexual assault. Colorado prosecutors charged Bryant on July 18, 2003 with felony sexual assault. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant, Wife Appear At News Conference
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Los Angeles Lakers v New Orleans Hornets
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Los Angeles Lakers v Miami Heat
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Dr. Jerry Buss Honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Kobe Bryant Scores 81 Points
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Clutch Player
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MVP
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Team USA
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Team USA
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Coach Byron Scott and Kobe Bryant
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2008 NBA Finals
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Heartbreak in Boston
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Champions!
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Victory Parade
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Laker Fans
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Redemption
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NBA Finals Game 7
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NBA Finals Game 7
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NBA Finals Game 7
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Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant
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Los Angeles Lakers Victory Parade
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Los Angeles Lakers Media Day
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Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant
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Kobe Bryant Hand And Footprint Ceremony At Grauman's Chinese Theater
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Kobe Bryant Hand And Footprint Ceremony At Grauman's Chinese Theater
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Kobe Bryant Injured
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Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant
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2011 NBA Playoffs
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Phoenix Suns v Los Angeles Lakers
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NBA All-Star Game 2013
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Kobe Bryant
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Achilles Injury
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Free Throw On An Achilles Injury
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Slam Dunk
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Los Angeles Lakers v Atlanta Hawks
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Kobe Bryant And Family
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Kobe Bryant Shoots Over Klay Thompson
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Kobe Bryant Vs Steph Curry
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Kobe Bryant
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